Profile
Experience
Member, Review and Assessment Committee, Korea Creative Content Agency (2023-Present)
Member, Committee for 2024 Copyright Protection Future Forum (2023-Present)
Non-Executive Auditor, Korea Copyright Commission (2023.3.-Present)
Member, Committee for Intellectual Property Training Institute, Korean Bar Association (2022-Present)
Non-Executive Director, Korea Copyright Protection Agency (2020.11.-2024.11.)
Member, Contents Business Advisory Committee, Korea Creative Content Agency (2020-Present)
Member, Employment Review Committee, KDB Bank (2019-2020)
Member, Contents Dispute Resolution Committee, Korea Creative Content Agency (2017-2022)
Advisor, Korea University Business School Startup Institute (2016-Present)
Associate Member, Korean Patent Attorney Association (2016-Present)
Lecturer, Law School, Yonsei University Graduate School (Trademarks Law, 2016)
Member, Association for Research on Design Protection Act (2015-Present)
Examiner, National Bar Examination (the third, fourth, fifth, eighth) (2014-2016, 2019)
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington D.C. (2009-2010)
Kim & Chang (2002-2009, 2010-2015, 2016-Present)
Representative Activitiesshow
Awards
- The World's Leading Trademark Professionals (World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000, 2023-2024)
- Recognition: Leading Trademark Practitioner (WTR Global Leaders: Private Practice, 2023-2024)
Publications/Activities
- New AI Framework Act – what you need to know (Co-author, World Trademark Review, 2025.3.)
- Court jabs skin clinic's unauthorised use of CHANEL mark (Co-author, World Trademark Review, 2022)
- Case Study on the Design Protection Act (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2019)
- Governing Law Applicable to Overseas Patent Rights of Work-for-Hire Invention (Law & Technology, 2014.3.)
- Two Issues Related to Trade Dress as a Source Identifier – Focusing on Article 2(i) & (b) of the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act (Law & Technology, 2013.7.)
Education
Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (Ph.D. Candidate, completion of coursework, 2014)
Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2009)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2002)
College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 2000)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea, 2002; New York, 2010
Admitted to patent bar, Korea, 2010
Languages
Korean, English and Japanese
Insights
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Articles
World Trademark Review Daily - New AI Framework Act – what you need to know
2025.03.05 -
Recognitions
Kim & Chang Ranked Among Top Trademark Firms in WTR 1000 2025
2025.02.03 -
Newsletters
Introduction of Labeling Obligation, Etc., of the AI Framework Act as Passed by the National Assembly
2025.01.24 -
Recognitions
Dong-Won Kim, Sung-Nam Kim and Ann Nam-Yeon Kwon Recognized Among WTR Global Leaders 2024
2024.06.05 -
Recognitions
Kim & Chang Ranked Among Top Trademark Firms in WTR 1000 2024
2024.02.07 -
Recognitions
Dong-Won Kim, Sung-Nam Kim and Ann Nam-Yeon Kwon Recognized Among WTR Global Leaders 2023
2023.07.19
